Guru Granth Sahib Sampuranta Divas 2024
Celebrate Guru Granth Sahib Sampuranta Divas 2024 with heartfelt wishes! Download and share beautiful images to spread the blessings of the Guru. This day marks the event when Guru Arjan Dev Ji completed the compilation of Adi Granth at Sri Ramsar (present-day Amritsar), and installed Adi Granth (Pothi Sahib) at the newly built Sri Darbar Sahib in 1604.
| Event Name | CE Date | Nanakshahi Date Date |
|---|---|---|
| Guru Granth Sahib Sampuranta Divas 2024 | 29th August 2024 Thursday | 14 Bhadron, 556 Veervar |
Sikhism is a religion that started with Guru Nanak and continued with nine other living gurus. It is now directed by Guru Granth Sahib - the eternal Guru, and the disciple fraternity. It provides a realistic approach to living, that steers people toward their objectives without Karma-Kanda and Brahmanical rituals.
Sikhism has its faith in one supreme, immortal, and omnipresent God who is beyond the comprehension of the human mind. This God discloses Himself in creation and grace to the devotees of practices and virtues. God does not confine Himself to a single birth, but sends signs and signals to creatures.
Adi Guru Granth Sahib Completion
The Adi Bir ('first recension') compiled by Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji was ceremonially installed in the newly built Darbar Sahib at Amritsar on August 16, 1604 (Bhadon sudi 1st Samvat 1661 Bikrami), marking the beginning of a new Sikh liturgy at the central place of Sikh worship.
Guru Granth Sahib Sampurnta Divas
The earliest known copy of the Adi Granth is known as the Guru Nanak Dev University Manuscript 1245, which is from around 1599. There are some other manuscripts of the Adi Granth that are slightly different from the present one, like Bahoval Pothi (circa 1600), Vanjara Pothi (circa 1601), and Bhai Rupa Pothi (circa 1603).
The other early text that was with the Sodhis was the Guru Harsahai Pothi, which was also thought to predate the compilation of Guru Arjan. According to history, Guru Arjan deposited it with his elder brother, Prithi Chand. This manuscript was first in Amritsar and afterwards transferred to Guru Harsahai, Punjab. It was taken to be exhibited in 1969 and was stolen the following year in the course of transportation. It is now a rare book, but some of the pages of the book are captured in the following photographs.
The Sodhis who brought the manuscript forward state that it is the oldest and partly written by Guru Nanak, however, this is not true, as the claim appears much later in texts by Hariji, grandson of Prithi Chand. From the existing pictures, one can almost be certain that Guru Nanak did not write or compile it. The words and the script used in the hymns point to the fact that they were composed before the time of Guru Arjan and were compiled by the earlier Gurus. This manuscript demonstrates that the early Sikh scriptures were subjected to traditions, variations, and controversies regarding their content, like the Mul Mantar.
The Damdami-Bir is a unique copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the holy book of the Sikhs. When Guru Gobind Singh Ji wished to incorporate the nine’s verses, the Dhirmalis, a group, did not produce the original Bir. Thus, Guru Ji used his spiritual power to write the whole Bir. This was in Damdama Sahib, which some people believe is Anandpur Sahib or Talwandi Sabo. Guru Sahib then carried this Bir to Nanded, and from there, he started this Guru there. Unfortunately, it was burned to ashes during one of the wars with the Duranis.
There's a tradition that Baba Deep Singh and Bhai Mani Singh made other Birs by comparing a Kartarpur Bir and adding the ninth Guru's verses. Copies were taken to different places, like Darbar Sahib in Amritsar, Hazur Sahib in Nanded, and Takhat Sri Harmandir Sahib, Patna Sahib. The versions we're holding in most of the Gurudwara these days have words marked on their front page, as these Pothis are matched word to word with 'Damdami Bir'. Some Birs, known as Chapiya Birs, are believed to belong to this branch and don't have the extra verses from the Banno Wali Bir. The day when this Bir was finished is celebrated as Guru Granth Sahib Sampurnta Divas.
Pashaura Singh has mentioned this event in his book 'Life and Work of Guru Arjan' as following:
The most remarkable development to enhance the centrality of the Darbar Sahib was the compilation of the first authoritative text of the Adi Granth. For this purpose Guru Arjan appointed his faithful disciple and poet Bhai Gurdas as the main scribe, although there were other scribes like Jagna Brahmin, who provided additional help in the making of the Sikh scripture.
The whole project was completed at a peaceful location beside a sacred pool named Ramsar, a retreat where Guru Arjan had earlier composed his celebrated Sukhmani. In fact, the installation of the Adi Granth in the newly built Harimandir was underway when Guru Arjan declared: ' The scripture is the Lord's dwelling-place' (Pothi Parmesar ka thaan). The inevitable came to pass when the Adi Bir ('first recension') was ceremonially installed in the Darbar Sahib on 16 August (Bhadon sudi 1 sambat 1661), marking the beginning of a new Sikh liturgy at the central place of Sikh worship. More precisely, it was thc beginning of a distinctive Sikh ceremony of conferring royal honour upon the scripture when it is installed ceremonially early in the morning, in the Darbar Sahib and other gurdwaras.
